The Senate Judiciary Committee heard a number of bills dealing with sex crimes Tuesday afternoon. State Sen. Patricia Spearman, D-North Las Vegas, presented a bill that would expand laws against sex trafficking to include “facilitators.”
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Lesbian, gay, transgender, bisexual youth and those questioning their sexual identity have new protections in Nevada under a bill signed Tuesday by Gov. Brian Sandoval.
The Department of Energy’s Yucca Mountain program was defunded and dismantled under President Barack Obama, leaving only a handful of scientists from the hundreds who once worked on the project.
The Nevada Senate Judiciary Committee discussed a bill Tuesday that would require people convicted of stalking or with extended protection orders against them to surrender their firearms.
Marijuana companies would not have to separate medical and recreational products under a bill heard Tuesday in the Nevada Legislature.
Assembly Bill 438 would put in place reduced penalties for offenses tied to controlled substances, a measure centered on whether Nevada should rethink its approach to the war on drugs.
A bill designating Oct. 16 as Sarah Winnemucca Day in Nevada was approved Tuesday by the Assembly Government Affairs Committee.
A Nevada Assembly panel Tuesday passed a measure lowering the threshold when prevailing wages must be paid on construction projects on school and higher education campuses.
The Nevada Assembly Judiciary Committee on Tuesday passed a “Juvenile Justice Bill of Rights” that would put into law basic rights to incarcerated youth.
Nevada Sen. Dean Heller’s re-election campaign reported $2.6 million in cash on hand Tuesday as national Democrats targeted him and other vulnerable Republicans with an internet ad buy attacking them on health care.
The Assembly Judiciary Committee on Tuesday unanimously passed a bill that would establish the Nevada Office of Cyber Defense Coordination.
An Assembly panel Tuesday debated a bill establishing a state program to help coordinate efforts to revitalize downtown areas throughout Nevada.
Unions and patient advocates presented legislation Monday attempting to build on the momentum of other states to end surprise medical bills in Nevada.
The Assembly education committee unanimously approved sending the Clark County School District reorganization bill to a floor vote.
A resolution restating the Legislature’s opposition to any effort to license Yucca Mountain as a high-level nuclear waste dump was approved Monday by an Assembly panel.
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